Unreviewed Light Side Sith Acolytes

[Darth Themis]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To make a Force Sensitive Combat Unit

• Image Credit: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Screenshot)
• Role: To serve as deadly warriors to actively hunt and slay Dark Side Force Users
• Permissions: N/A
• Links: N/A

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Unit Name: Light Side Sith Acolytes
• Affiliation: The Serpents of Ashla
• Classification: Light Side Warriors
• Description: Dangerous Acolytes aligned with the teachings of Darth Themis, they serve at the behest of higher ranking light side Sith, assisting in rituals, or hunting down Dark Force Users

COMBAT INFORMATION: The combination of Unit Size and Availability below is the indicator of how numerous your unit is. Stormtroopers for instance would be considered Large/Common, while Rogue Squadron would be a Small/Unique unit. Majority Force User Units are prohibited from being Common or Large. The stronger and more specialized your unit is (FU or NFU), the smaller and less common it should be.

• Unit Size: Medium
• Unit Availability: Rare
• Unit Experience: Veteran
• Equipment:

Melee:
Citizen Energy Sword (May Carry up to Two) OR Citizen Energy Sword, Type 3

Secondary/Back Up Weapon: Siren War Axe OR Gravetail Vibroblade

Ranged
Witchtaker Pistol OR Io-Series Laser Carbine

Armor:
Tranquility Armor

Equipment: Sith Energy Shield, SV Medkit

Vehicles:

Emergency Medical Speeder OR Waste Management Landspeeder Model 404

Personal Ship: BTL-V12 H-Wing Search and Rescue Cutter OR M33 Starcrawler

Base of Operations: Baar'ur Class Medical Frigate OR Duquesne-Class Heavy Frigate

• Combat Function: These Acolytes carry out the will of the Serpents of Ashla, carrying out deadly attacks against Dark Side Organizations in hit and run patterns and are not afraid to throw down against light side users standing in their way (Though they will rarely kill the latter unless left with no other choice). Primarily melee fighters, they carry firearms purely as back ups, and specialize in killing standard, Dark Side using Sith, but also specialize in ritual assistance. They moonlight as Doctors, Medical Technicians, Force Healers and vehicle operators in their public identities
• Force Abilities (Force User Units Only): [If your NPC unit has Force Users, please list their Force abilities, especially unusual or rare ones.]

Force Sense (Knight)

Force Valor (Knight)

Electric Judgement (Knight)

Force Light (Knight)

Force Healing (Knight)

Cure Disease (Knight)

Cure Poison (Knight)

Morichro (Knight)

Plant Surge (Knight)

Force Jump (Knight)

Force Speed (Knight)

Force Deflection (Knight)

Mind Trick (Knight)

Force Resistance (Master)

Force Suppression (Master)

Alkahest (Knight)

Force Stasis (Knight)




Strengths:

• Your swords, please: These Acolytes are highly skilled sword fighters, their primary Weapon being variants of House Io's Citizen Energy Sword series, designed specifically to combat Vibroblade and Lightsabers They typically wield single or double bladed variants (they may carry up to two single bladed examples for dual wielding) and practice a modified form of Shii-Cho and Makashi focused on dueling primarily Melee Fighters while using these Energy blades. If disarmed of either of the above examples, they can use their Siren War Axe or Gravetail Vibroblade to great effect
• Force Hunter: These Warriors ruthlessly hunt down, gang up on, and execute Sith and Dark Jedi whenever possible. When it comes to these enemies, they never fight fairly or honorably, using their energy swords ability to turn on and off occasionally as a surprise attack. This has enraged standard Sith, who immediately accuse them of cowardice... provided they managed to survive such a deadly attack to begin with. As Darth Bane himself would say: Dead is Dead. They are very good at using the Light Side on an offensive basis, possibly better than standard Jedi, being particularly skilled with Electric Judgement, to the point of being able to ricochet bolts off surfaces and around corners multiple times to hit targets, as well as focus and channel it through their energy swords
• Multipurpose: They function as traveling Physicians, Vehicle Operators and Force Healers in their public identities, and assist higher ranking Light Side Sith in Alkahest Rituals. Their own bodies are often altered to be highly resistant to Dark Side abilities, particularly Force Choke/Force Crush attacks, as well as Force Lightning
• A call coming from inside the House: Due to the particular nature of their training in the Light Side, they don't set off the alarm bells of other light side users such as Jedi as long as they are using their abilities passively and without violence. This allows them to move deep through Jedi Territory in a way Ordinary Sith could not,under the guise of pacifist humanitarians. Jedi trying to uncover their identity can potentially find this to be a source of paranoia fuel: just how many people using the Light to help and heal others just the way they would are actually dangerous subversives? Complicating this is that an Acolyte is always willing to die to preserve their cover and those of their comrades, should a Jedi or Sith get the idea to force their true nature to the surface by trying to initiate combat
• Anti-Vaapaad: Due to their nonstandard training and the fact they do not rely on the Dark Side, Vaapaad is one of the very worst styles of lightsaber combat you could employ to fight them as there is no Dark Side for the 'super conducting loop' of the style to draw from
• Outside Context Problem: Jedi can and have been thrown off in their strategy in dealing with a Light Side Sith: Light Side Sith are not vulnerable to typical Anti Sith tactics, are difficult to bait into emotion based decision making just like a well trained Jedi is and cares more about the success of a long term goal than proving their inherent superiority over Jedi. Plus, Jedi are simply not used to dealing with genuine enemy light siders in combat willing and able to kill and maim them if necessary, all with something approaching the same kind of emotional detachment Jedi themselves so often rely on

Weaknesses:

• Force Voids: They lose all their Force based abilities in Force Voids
• Insanity Vulnerable: Light Side Sith are more vulnerable to insanity than typical Sith due to the nature of their discipline. They must maintain a tight emotional control and even then suffer from a form of Monomania where the goal they are focused on must be completed and achieved, growing more frustrated the more they are actively thwarted by others or by circumstance.
• Numbers: They are good to engage up to a small group of average soldiers at close range or one or two highly skilled warriors, any more than that and they must either run or use their powers
• So-so aim: They are decent shots with ranged weapons, but only at very close ranges
• The Patience Game: Up against a Jedi in a Duel, they must use the same level of patience and care a Jedi does to win, especially since most of the time, an Acolyte doesn't want to risk killing a Jedi or another Light Side user. As they rely on ending things quickly in duels against Sith, extended duels against Jedi may work against them
• Deflection: Their energy swords can deflect blasters but awkwardly, and only for a relatively short time. If they can be forced behind cover and are unable to properly respond with Force Powers to escape or kill the shooter, their chances of survival decrease dramatically

HISTORICAL INFORMATION

It is rare in the Galaxy to encounter a Light Side Sith who actually deserves the title, but these Acolytes are the rare examples of the Real Deal. Trained on the world of Ankhanos , these Acolytes follow the teachings of the world's ancient founders, combining the power of the Light with the typical Sith desire to impose order on a fractured Galaxy, these Acolytes are trained in significant numbers, and small groups of them typically serve a higher ranking master, typically an Alkahest specialist who has turned such teachings to their own ends to rival anything or anyone hailing from Korriban. What makes them especially dangerous is their capacity to hide among populations of Light Side Users, deep in their territory, typically under the cover of a Doctor, a Force Healer, or even a Garbage Truck Operator. Jedi often are not prepared to fight genuine enemies who use the Light Side, and many Light Side Sith are much more effective in employing the Light Side to attack others than a Jedi is, potentially giving an edge.

But like all genuine Light Side Sith, they are vulnerable to a Darth Gravid-type insanity, as their training fosters a monomania towards the completion of a particular task they are focused on...